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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-08-12

Frxr1rsy "a Gre ~ 'hr m0st success.
al fnrsns 70 nxkr fn0s -fIil more <il-
NV f.ni i 10 f.tter him iIs may ne
even mate "a lbiuk himself an orator ar
possibly poet. (ss notice w j. X
irivri last week. hn; r.r'f De- made an
hcne-f m.n. Poor Fi'ir Kemp. We fear.
i past h~inr compeltei - - honest y
isiiery or criticism. ba' II H. Tor his a.
'lhrF.l wiLi pay a. what h. promised sud
JUSTLY owes, ne NAV ~ Induced a.
change this opinion Come. Billy. nv n
possible. and iraw onr hnre-t breath.
AMI psy ~ f0r = psp~r furnished YOU
when sau snnitn'f gei annrhrr publisher,
lev -fore-keeprr either. Ia the county. -
trust Won for u cents. snl yon have full
perulss;0n - lie all ynr choose about
~ IN regard 10 The war lin which your
valiant services no ionb, rsnsel Lee 10
~urrenier.l ~ any other subject. Speak
ing OF he ELECTS 81 fsffers reminds n
~ Billy's Rockpcrt experience Tie went
down there fFprn Ills native wostsis = few
wears since. aud his Mild looks attracted
the stfension IL some boys who invit-
ed him him 10 take something with
them Al = free lunch counter Billy. be-
Ing hungry. gladly caught on. and soon
cleaned out rhe s4iocni~fs iunch. The
bsr-kecper laughed and told hin be hsdl
snch an appetite he must BE- = man 81
laIept.r and would he take another
drink and then mske = speech snl sing
4 song rr two on sl0re-bOx outside %
draw crowd 50 that pay might be So
cured for the lunch and friuksy Billy
said be could beat Gen. Nestch or Judge
De Bruler speaking. and a. for singing
even Dan Rice or Griffin couldn't exec
him, sni on 10 the box on the sidewalk
he was lifted. and began lifting up M.
voice Soon = crowd gathered. and
among them the town marshal. who ar.
restc0 Billy for Drawing like jack As
on the streets. disturbing the publ,
peace. Billy contended he was innocent
iof imitation. that il was his natural
voice. and demanded jury Of his peers
natural musicians The marshal s0or
secured twelve colored citizens. as hi:
peers, and Billy sang and danced befors
them. 70 convince them OF his race. and
\ when they retired for consultation the
marshal took Billy outside and told hin
that after listening to him he symps
|thized with him. but that those negroes
would surely convict him. - they want
ed fees, and that II he would '-ciean up
before the jury got in he might have thu
chance. Billy struck out like streak o
CREASED tightening. and didn't stop til
be got under MS fathers root. where b,
'itoid terrible tale or abuse by the fovr
officers. and persuaded bis father q
bring . suit for damages, but when hi
father visited Rockperf, and learned a,
facts. no suit Eas brought. but his fafhe
{, advised him to be careful about makinl
such fool OF himself sgain. and Rock
port hiss known Billy Kemp never since
Now. Billy weIl say nothing about you
LynnviIls experience II you'I pay up.
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DR. C. G. McCovS--Amonr the mzny
capable professional men attracted Il
Kansas daring the present year. we arr
sorry TO see DIR. G. C. McCovn. 70,
several years citizen Of ireland. In thi.
county, and marrying bis essimsbIe VIII.
in that neighb0rhood. he had built I'D
good practices, and was universally e..
teemed for his skill and honor. His re-
movai 20 Cherryvsle. Kansas. IL gener.
ally regretted 10 the neighporhood, and
he and his family take with them Id,
best wishes Of : host Of friends for theil
future success- Cherryvsle should Civ,
such citizens hearty welcome
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p,xoscr C.sss Five divorce cases
.re - tar fl-d Tor tie sept. Cirrni'
Cnnrr. ~ Follows,
Aaran P-drsft -. AriSss PaiRe'. Hs
alleges that tsssy were married Nnv -,
rSe1 snd SentrAfet lnlr -. lSoS. snf
rh., def.nlsrf 81 jnnr Is is-6. and -
various orhrr times. committed adultery
ufih one John Greer. wherefore he asS.
= ifvnrrr-
Ahner NJ. sanders s.ys he was msr'
ri-d - sarah r cander~- Sept. ?. ls5S
anI that she lett ham Without cause Nay
: 1854. and hrs remained sway, where
fs.re ~ wants = legal separation
sarah X. Nelson SAYS she wss rnsrrieo
20 Frei N Nelson on July =. ls7s. anf
wat ~ abansionei her the same tay. ans
h.s never lived With Or supported hel
sirrr. She says they have child
rnra Ali years old aud she asks
Il rorce. $50 1limcuy.ssni custody o
tn- enid She <sys she i washer
~onsn- in Hnntingbnrr- and has had q
support herself by Washing ever sine
he len her
Seisina Willis saws she wss msrries
IN Wsrrirk county. August IA. 1884. q
George w. Ws.iis. but that be fell int
h1t habits. became an habirnsl drunkard
abused her. and failed to provide neces
s2riss or life for her and their chill
Trace now 20 months old. and finally
six months ago abandoned them. where
fore she asks divorce and custody 0
their child
William 8. Ferguson says he va
married Feb. s. 1850. 70 Americs =
Ferguson. and aiwass treated her kindly
but thai she on the 18th Of March. 1881
and June IL. 1Ss7. and q numerou
other times- wss guilty Of the crime Q
adultery with one Geo. Flick and tina
in addition. she abused him. and calIe'
him bad names. snd cursed him. where
fore he Asks divorce
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Evansville CoGrisr. lpsh.
News reached here last night Of a
horrible accident 40 construction train
OF the Louisville. Evansville & St. Louis
air line yesterday afternoon. As the
train was passing Duff Sta
ton. four miles west Of Hnntingburg, q
COW attempted to cross the track ahead
OF the train. when II was struck by the
engine The shock was 50 great that
the entire train was thrown from the
track. and nine OF the construction
crew were seriously injured. i've OF
them thought fatally. The names Of the
unfortunate men could not be learned
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CswelI Offerings.

Cool. but still dry.
Mr.. J. l.. Mount. OF the Pike County
Democrat. was IA town last Monday.
Adam Rudolph and family visited tho
Sulphur springs last sunday.
We need good hardware store in
our burg. Who will start il:
The dwell base ball hoys went over
20 InntiDeburg LIST Saturday 10 play
the boys over there; but. pshaw. they
laid il across them :N,he boys say they
cant al play Il that wav-
JACK SLAsHER.
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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Aug. Sit Il said
that the German Catholics Of Indianspo.
lie will ~ fhe Chicago convention o,
6ermsn Catholics on September 8. pre-.
sent grievance alleging that they are
not fairly treated BY Bishop Chatard
who j. IN Anerican by birth. and holds
very strict temperance views. and also
they sllegs shows discrimination in "a.
vor Of English speaking priests q
against the German.
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Work j. being actively prosecuted 81
the silver mine on the CnderhiII farm
near the Crawford and Perry county
lines Another frd Of he ore has been
recently msie on the farm OF :. u. Tack
e. four miles south Of Boston. in Crsw.
ford county tis believed the ore IL IN
sufficient quantity 20 pay Handsomely. -
n a. Ledger.
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~ The iechercus rlimpsn<ec. Of Ire-
land. whose fhieving - well ~ lasciv'-
on> conduct hiss been excused by some
who. A. honc-' eiiix~ns. ought ~ know
better. should hide his head in sham I.
Instead Of further seeking pnhlic no
'nriats by ufiesInx unbranded scandals
Better persons than ne sre wearing
stripes Tor misdeed-, and he probably
ought 20 be.
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The in,ercs; hearing debt ~ the Uni
iei r,.ie- II now <loui Q.6s5o. The
higtes, poins me detl ever reached was
In 1865. -our'hing Stove ~ $4,000 ,
The rednciion being liit'e more IN.
<l.ssOOc on. or about $6eVoo,ooo ~ :
nuAIlN.
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NOTICE u hereby given to the credit
- ors. heirs snd legstees Of Barbara
Kapp. deceased. to appear in the Dubois
Circuit Court. held At Jasper. Indiana.
on the 5th day of September. 1857. and
show cause if any. why the Final Set
Element Accounts with the estate OF
said decedent should not be approved
snd said heirs are notified to then and
there make proof Of heirship, and re-
ceive their distributive shares
Witness, the Administrator Of said
Estate, this 4th day Of March. 1887.
MATTHIAS HETTICH, Admir-.
TRAYroR & HUNTER, Att'ys-
Aug. ". 1857 -2w--
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Editor JAsPER COURIER - Griffin
says. "It is 20 be regretted that the An
|derson brothers should allow such q
rupture Of bitter enmity to occur be-
tween them
Now, have this to say. / lored and
respected my brother just a. long a. be
acted brothers part: but when be
stepped beyond those bounds without
even The first cause, my feelings towards
him changed My family is very near
and dear TO me, and my wife j. not
guilty Of the charges be made against
her. He knows full well that no such
an act ever occurred between the doctor
and nv wife. His own testimony be-
trays him. bat % carry out his malicious
scheme ne bad 20 use these means. He
made his threats shout three weeks ago.
shat be would do everything that lav
!, in his power 10 blacken my wife's rec
ord. sud ne would tramp her down 70
the lowest OF creation. cause OK nc
cause Nv wife has been . sister Il
bin, and done for hiD, and waited On
him many . time when she was not able
TO wait on herself, and now because hi
could not rule her he tries 70 ruin her
and bis saintiy partner. Bill Renner
comes 20 mis- assistance with bundle d
j bis seif-made malicious lies. but Rennel
liz too well known 81 being . NEEDLE
I some person, aud I charge home to him
No one hsd 10 hire . child 10 tell th,
} tale on him II told for itself. in fou
! months after his marriage. and mucI
more could be told, and also substan
tiatcd. but for the respect have for hi
family l will not expose him sny more
Now he lays around my house at night
3 and watches like sneak thief. and I.
r make bis malicious aim good, come
! with A. bare faced lie a. ever was told
These parties are wholly devoid OF 81
honor. principle. self-respect. moralif,
and Jeccncy, and charge home to then
they are base traducers, seeking in
, cowsrdly way 70 drag down on thei
own level those who are in every respec
= their snperiors- am fully convinced 0
my wife's innocence from my own oh
. servance. A. for the doctor. he has al
ways been perfect gentleman while q
/, my house. and has never laid . straw II
either my brothers or Il. Renner's way
! have always found him 70 be . maj
who tends strictly 10 his own cuisines
and says no harm Of any one. His visit
were not unprofcssional. and my VIII
. Dad perfect right 70 talk to him, a. 81
, was under his treatment, and told he
! 70 speak TO him in regard to her trouble
|, ! would like 70 explain myself NOR
! fully bnt my letter II too lengthy now
Now don't blame the editor for pfint:n,
, this letter. Isaac n. ANDERsoS.
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IskE1Aes I.rcExsrs were issued mi.
10Y ~ ne following couples in thi'
q " rollirz and Nora Rose.
John A. Morgan and Mary B. Letter
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ABAD PRisoxrn.-C Charley Heidrich,
confined in jail ~ incnrably insane, i
neat and cIeanIy, and don't like : dirty,
noisy prisoner One Nelson. in jail for
horse stealing, j. Objectionable. and
Heidrich addresses the following appeal
10 Clerk Exert:
JssrEn. Couxry Prssox, Aug 3, 1857.
r. tte cIerk- fsnst1 Eckssts sirs
Prisoner Nelson In here, since sbsu: .
week. hss become deranged in his I'M
derstsndin9. He hiss been putting % In
great discontinue by breaking his bed
aud tearing his clothes: breaking down
the stove; up~etting the table with w.
tier bucket; throwing the coal bucket
shout; diuying the hall and back house
breaking chair; and keeping mp day
snd might drumming on fioor and walls,
letc. lie u only fix for the hospital for
insane Release ~ ~ ssch fright. please,
sir. CHsELFy UESpkfcfk
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IEFFERsoSvrLLE. August q. Especial.
--Struck gas to-day - The depth or 37f
feet With : thirty-foot fame and 4 Ire.
rnendous pressure. Great excitement
and tn rs burning brightly. Almost
al business j. stopped.
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- The people ~ Marenro. Crawford
county feri VERY sangnint thar fhev will
1870 ~ sheir inxn me location ~ H.
r''sc bre'hr-n Coll>x~, nov u Hsrss.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27
mo Murder LeYsL

Prom the New Yesk Commercial Advertised
The relation of heat to crime would
furnish an interesting topic for philo-
sophical speculation. La common es
timation, if not in fact, the two are al,
soeiated, II has always been held
that the fierce heat ID equatorial chimes
arouses Che baleful passions il man,
while moro moderate temperatures
are supposed to soften the violence Of
nature, This theory might not stand
investigation, for Northern latitudes
have bred some az the dercest 81 pi-
rates and most desperate Of social
criminals. But what the experience
Of mankind has Termed into an axiom
may well be acquiesced in until a neg.
ativs is proved.
Assuming, then, that the thermom.
eter is moral as well as scientific
gauge, it is time we asked Has ii not
now reached the murder lsyelg Ter
tainly, the prevailing epidemic Of
homicide, which we are called upon to
record, might be easily accounted for
on weather hypothesis. Murderfol-
lows murder with frightfal eager
ness Of slaughter which has in it sug-
gestions Of heat insanity Ear he ii
fron us to anticipate learned counsel
in suggesting such line Of defense,
And still we may believe that such in
tense and protracted heat as that of
the last month stirs up all the bile
and hate that lurk in bad heart, and
brings them TO the surface in some
rash act Of crime.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

Itseens 10 me that there is In our days
a breed Of youngsters with minds quick
ened to a degree unegualed in their
predecessors, l know scores Of these
boys, tho like az whom I knew not in my
own boyhood alert, sharp witted, know
ing and full 81 chat quality which used
to be called gunption. Their growth
IN this city appears to be promoted
mainly by three things, Firstly. ~ the
tremendous energy u New York Hfe,
which prompts all early development d
the faculties, Stimulates their action and
tends to what Is known as level beaded
ness Secondly, 81 the common sch9ol
system. Go into these schools, look III
the discipline, sean the text books, watch
the mental drill, and then sae how tha
mind and manners must Be nTectad ia
the formative period bstween I aud l&.
Thirdly, nv THE daiIy papers. Muitituaes
Of youngsters read other aIit ts uoyadays
beside the weekly story telIesa as eycry-
body 4 aware who keeps his eyes open
about town. Thus they act snaattering
Of knowledge of current affairs, social
progress, political business and practical
lie that works profoundly upon tlIeir
nature. These tlree agencies, Il seagns 10
me, are fertilzing tho toyish brain in d
wonderful way John Swinton In kan
sas City Times,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

tfGnn thes4iNiig hsW& itm@t
The Empress Regent 81 China Is one
ofthe most remarkable women or tho
age Not content with directing the
intricate policy of the most pupuloas
empire in the world with wonderful.
cleyerness and sagpcity, she has now.
entered the ranks Of competitors for
the HEht-weight championship 81 the
Celestial Empire ALTERED in sort Of
a hloomer costume, She takes daily les
sons in boxing from an old eunueh,
Her appearance at the age Of 80, in
short skirt, hitting out at her venera-
bic preceptor and occasionally Feceiy-
ing punishment herself, mast be come
zeal TO the last degree, aud the reports
on the matter form the subject Of 4
most disrespectInl merrimout on the
part OF tho Acknowledged donizens of
the Chinese metropolis The Empress
Regent was eoncubiue Of the Em-
peror Hem Fung, an whose death she
was appointed to act as co-Rcgent with
the nowager Empress dunag the mi-
nortty of her son, the late Empero
Tung Chi When tie latter died, a
few months after his marriage, one Of
those curious intrignes which make
the history Of oriental courts took
place. HIS young bride, who was en-
cieute at the time oil the young rnou-
arch's death, died nysteriously before
the birth Of her child, and the ola
Dowager Empress and co-Regent took
her departure for another world rath-
or suddenly a few days afterwards,
leaving the present Empress in pndis.
puted possession of power. With up-
usual ability she has guided the policy
Of the empire through the troublous
times which have resulted from the
opening up Of the country to foreign
trade, and BIAS 50 conducted affairs is
to have brought the nation 10 an i'm
definitely higher degree Of prosperity
aud tranquility than it enjoyed when
she took mp the relns.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27
nla - 60.

In another English opera company,
formed for the summer months L was
found that the teno1a were too light for
theresfof the chorus. The manager pro-
tested that there were voices enough, and
one 81 the singers were Questioned why
he did not sing with more force. lie re-
piled that G., the leader IL the tenors,
didn't, and that u g. would not sing out,
he was MOI inclined Is strain lis throat to
do the wcrk 81 two, ri was tlAeFeupon
interviewed, and his answer To this re-
nlonstrauces Of the manager was;
4 ann paid summer wages and l re-
fuse ID sing ia anything but my summer
voice,
a II was thought that d singer who con-
cerned himself chiefly about the preserve
ton of bis voice for the regular saason
was hardly the man to lead ina warm
weather troupe, and the eng5as,se nent 81 y.
and bis summer voice came toa speedy
termination Boston cor, Providence
Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

Worthy of consideration and initation
Is The extreme good care that Mexicans
lake of their physical health. They regI-
late their diet, bathing, exercise study
every phase 81 existence, IN short, with d
view to the avoiianceDf conditions con
ducive ID disease. Exercise after batIiiug,
protection ~ tho nasal, threat and chest
channels against great on sudden changes
of temperature, might Oil, etc. che avoid
ance If excessive emotion Of aliy sort iiast
before or after meals, even to the extent
Of sacrificing The Teeal, tile remuneration
Of food articles thought tp be Ier1dcions
to the individual constitution Or condi-
tons Such are some OF The precautions
which doubtless paolong life ii Mexico,
Notwithstanding 50 many conditions Of
hygienit and sanitary nlldesirability ~ X.
Fl Adds ID Sam Francisco Chronicle.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

BY correction Ia government SUR
veys it has been found that New Mex
leo ~ entitled ID 100000 acres of land
heretofore forming a partof M Mans
land The new land win form part
Of Colfax county. The same surveys
show that a strip 9l1 feet wide, run-
ming across the southern extremity Of
Colorado, and containing $4,000 acres,
and strip from the norttIw est Of Tex
as, containing 100000 acres should
also belong Is New Mexico, according
TO the original intention Of the gov
eminent in laying out the boundaries.
Whether the lines between US and
Colorado and Texas viii be thus roeti-
fed, or remain as they now are, has
not as yet been made known Las
Vegas Optic
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

AT a Mexican table fruit Ii invariably
taken before dessert, the people saying,
certainty with mach reason, that its
1n0re delicate flavor Is Impaired g,y The
stronger sweets OF the dessert. Prom
this gastrononical point one glides hy a
mot unnatural transition to certain phases
81 physical interest namely, the employ
meut Of curative herbs and staples
tisalea, as the French say, 0f course
this il not t0 ba very effectively applied
for expeditions iesulta III acute eStretni-
ties. II would scarcely prove adequate
to the uceasiui III case Of cholera Of an
encounter with buzz saw, bat for mild
forms Of illness it is certainly right COME
meudable,
For instance, when have been sight
seeing tnduly, to the extent Of wearing
Uut three able bodied men aud 4 pair Of
shoes, and find the next day that q head
ACHE or d baekaclie cr an sill over ache
enstles, 4 40 longer invest my surplus
patrimory in arsenic tonics 81 brandy
Not liz STILL and shout .Dionyaia-a-a!
on any other name that happens to be
uppermost in the calendar They do not
come 70 inquire my wants those haI less
kitchen women tiey are sadly wise BY
experience. They hang themselves over
tie balustiNde Of the kitchen up stairs
theconsistency Of the country reverses the
planes Of domestic use ana wall, s'Si,
ninal' and presently one OF them comes
down, bearing plate On which repose
three gluasl angular humps Of sugar, q
thin, highly polished brass teaspoon and
d cupfut Of piping hot tea Of ehamomile,
orange leaves, Castilan rose or some such
poetic matter.
And it is not all poetry, sitheiS II
scoops the pain every time. have
not yet come 10 the point Of curing
headache with leaf Of neeotiuiutn or a
sit AZ cigarette paper stuck On the tenn
plas but daresay 4 shall come ID that III
tinle Already, however, do fearlessly
and unreseryedy pin my faith to chcco-
late paper for the cure Of cold ca the
chest When reached Mexico, had q
cold which threatened pneumonia, and
Josefta, my lRndlady, recommended in
glowing terms theefIicacy Of a chocolate
wrapper Thereupon 1 sneered with that
intensity Of sneer possible only to the
possessor Of q long and aquiline nose and
Joseflta took on look of injury and
affection. City Of Mexico Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

Il is strange that 50 few people can
write their names in q way to be read.
Nobody knows this SO well as a news
paper reporter, Men ought to prac.
tice, and if they can write no more,
Bet them write their names.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27
sI,ina y thn nnnrrn.

The demand for the skins of the
quagga, the wild striped aas, native OK
south Africa, has cslnsed It's extirpation
in places il was accustomed to frequent.
OnlY ten on twelve years ago they were
plentiful, but the Beers, tempted BY the
high prices offered by London and New
Xcslg firms fof their skins, to convert
into leather for mailing j particular class
Of boots viii soon cause tiss qlagga tn
pass away Obj IA zoology Boston Tran
seript.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

A man who owes several years sub
soription on a newspaper, and asks the
postmaster to send it back marked
refused, is in our estimation mean
enough to put tar in his hat when
taking up church collection, in order
10 steal the smallehange.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

The confidence Chat Stanley lived "a
again broken BY an indefinite rumor
of his death. The last report is from
French sources but is disbelieyed in
England because it is not referred I'd
BY the British agent at Zanzibar
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27
orun cnrl,Ie.a crlfloialn.

When gruif old Thomas Carlyle read
Brovning's Ring and Che Brook he
gave It the following criticism ssIt Is d
wonderful book one Of the most Won.
derlih poems ever written / re-reasl IL
all through alI made out 81 an Ola
bsiEey STORY that might have been told
in YEN drea, apd only wants forgetting. \
Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

Andrew Carnegie has given away a
great deal Of money and he intends 10
give away great deal more, for he is
sull very rich. In recent speech be
made the socialistic remark; "The
man who dies rich dies disgraced
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

The new international telegraphic
chess code is a curiosity. The game
between Mackenzie and Tarach was
sent in twenty-nine words. Chess has
now language Of its own, complete
for all purposes, consisting Of sixty.
four syllables, corresponding to the
sixty.four squares Of the board.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-27

Poverty is uncomfortable, as / can
testify; but nine times out Of ten the
best thing that can happen to young
man is to be tossed overheard, and
compelled to sink or swim for himself.
In all my acquaintance | never knew
a man to sink who was worth saving.
President Garfield.